Former Contractor Sentenced In Corruption Case

NEW YORK, N.Y. – The former chairman of an electrical contracting company was sentenced to three months in prison for bribing a corrupt union official.

Santo Petrocelli Sr., a Clark resident, was sentenced on Nov. 30 by a federal judge in Manhattan. The former chairman and principal owner of Petrocelli Electric pleaded guilty to conspiracy and bribery charges in August.

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According to authorities, Petrocelli paid bribes to Brian McLaughlin, a former New York state assemblyman and head of the International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers. He’s currently serving a 10-year prison sentence.

Petrocelli’s firm was once New York City’s biggest street light contractor.